D810 Out Off Production

astroNikon · Feb 9, 2017

looks like the d820 will have a 46mp sensor

=> New rumors: Nikon D820 with 46MP | Nikon Rumors

Derrel · Feb 9, 2017

Who else is looking forward to the day when "obsolete", "low-megapixel", used D800 and D810 bodies can be picked up for $500?

chuasam · Feb 9, 2017

Derrel said:
Who else is looking forward to the day when "obsolete", "low-megapixel", used D800 and D810 bodies can be picked up for $500?

Nah..it means that my D810 would be worth too little

Right now, I'm really jonesing for the new Fujifilm GFX 50s.
*Drool*

Derrel · Feb 9, 2017

There's a pretty active, new Facebook medium format group I recently joined...Fuji has seeded their new GFX MF offerings to a select few folks, and they are turning out some very nice medium format digitial images--shooting in in-camera JPEG mode!

chuasam · Feb 10, 2017

As much as I would really like to upgrade my D810 to a GFX50s, the amount of marketing and moving up would be just insane. A marginal improvement in quality and a stupid amount of cost on the other end.

I've shot billboard ads with a D700 and D810....rant rant..
Ok I want one still...but is it worth it for me?
Nah.

robbins.photo · Feb 10, 2017

Derrel said:
Who else is looking forward to the day when "obsolete", "low-megapixel", used D800 and D810 bodies can be picked up for $500?

Me!... Me!

Solarflare · Feb 10, 2017

Err ...

1. You can already get such "obsolete", "low megapixel" full frame cameras for insanely low prices RIGHT NOW. They are called D700 and D3.

2. I kind of doubt the D810 will ever be actually "low Megapixel" for a small format camera. The increase in sensor performance and sensor resolution slows down substantly. Sure you can make a 200 Megapixel full frame sensor even right now, but they will have abysmal other sensor parameters, and they'll be diffraction limited at about f2.8 already. So a great 200 Megapixel camera, I'm sorry, but very likely that will need larger sensors, even 20 years from now.

Derrel · Feb 10, 2017

in May of 2005, I bought a brand new 12.2 MP Nikon D2x for $4999.95...today, I could buy a used D2x from the same, exact camera store, for $275 used. So, in 11 years, Nikon's highest-resolution camera has gone from 12.2 MP to 36MP, a three-fold increase. i think you migth have missed the humor in my original post, with the words "obsolete" and "low-megapixel" in quotes as a way to show a bit of wry humor, but it's worth taking a look at the fall of camera prices over a decade-type type frame.

So, in another 12 years, you do not think we will be at 180MP? Canon is already at 50 MP on 24x36. TODAY, I could buy a used Nikon D800 from the same store (the one with the $275 vs $5k D2x) for $1,200 with box, and accessories. The D800 when it was a band-new camera was, I think, $3499 a few years back. Then went to $2999 for a spell.

I have a feeling that within a short time, the very,very popular D800 and D810 cameras will be selling for $500 used; these cameras sold fairly well. The Canon 5D classic, $3,499 when it premiered, is now a $450 camera. It had/has 12.8 MP; today its counterparts have 50MP, a four-fold-plus increase in MP count.

astroNikon · Feb 10, 2017

Derrel said:
in May of 2005, I bought a brand new 12.2 MP Nikon D2x for $4999.95...today, I could buy a used D2x from the same, exact camera store, for $275 used. So, in 11 years, Nikon's highest-resolution camera has gone from 12.2 MP to 36MP, a three-fold increase. i think you migth have missed the humor in my original post, with the words "obsolete" and "low-megapixel" in quotes as a way to show a bit of wry humor, but it's worth taking a look at the fall of camera prices over a decade-type type frame.

So, in another 12 years, you do not think we will be at 180MP? Canon is already at 50 MP on 24x36. TODAY, I could buy a used Nikon D800 from the same store (the one with the $275 vs $5k D2x) for $1,200 with box, and accessories. The D800 when it was a band-new camera was, I think, $3499 a few years back. Then went to $2999 for a spell.

I have a feeling that within a short time, the very,very popular D800 and D810 cameras will be selling for $500 used; these cameras sold fairly well. The Canon 5D classic, $3,499 when it premiered, is now a $450 camera. It had/has 12.8 MP; today its counterparts have 50MP, a four-fold-plus increase in MP count.

I'm glad I don't live anywhere near your local camera store. I'd be totally broke, but chock full of camera equipment.